Hêykâl — H1964

H1964 · Hebrew — היכל

Pronunciation: hay-kawl'

Definition

masculine noun

a large public building, such as a palace or temple

  1. palace, temple, nave, sanctuary
    1. palace
    2. temple (palace of God as king)
    3. hall, nave (of Ezekiel's temple)
    4. temple (of heavenly temple)

Usually translated as

temple, palace

Origin

probably from H3201 (in the sense of capacity)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Hêykâl occurs 80 times in 76 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (7), 2 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (8), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (2), Psalms (13), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (9), Daniel (1), Hosea (1), Joel (1), Amos (1), Jonah (2), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1), Haggai (2), Zechariah (5), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — H